Hay-loader.



H. EILERS.

HAY LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1910.

1,005,524, Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Smoewtoz rate HENRY EILERS, 0F EMERSON, ILLINOIS.

HAY-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed January 17, 1910. Serial No. 538,443.

' o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY EILERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Emerson, in the county of .Vhiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Loaders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to hay loaders, and pertains more speciallyto certain attachments for machines of that class which will render theoperation thereof more perfect and satisfactory. One serious difiicultyin the action of such machines as now constructed and operated, arisesfrom the tendency of the elevator apron, in its return movement carryingthe hay downwardly between the loader and rear end of the wagon, and thechief purpose of my device is to obviate this difliculty.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hay loader with myinvention in place thereon. Fig. 2 shows my device in detail, in rearelevation. Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the braces 7 1 represents theframe of a hay loader, supported on carrying wheels 2, and 3 is one ofthe side-pieces of the elevator frame.

4 1 are side-chains of the elevator apron, passing at the upper end ofthe frame 3 over wheels 5, rotatably mounted on a stationary hollowshaft 6, mounted in said frame. At each end of the shaft dis a U-shapedbrace 7, one of the arms 8 of which is adapted to be inserted in the endof the shaft 6, and held therein by a pin 9. The lower ends of thebraces 7 are projected inwardly into plates 10 to which is secured across-piece 11. A similar pair of U-shaped braces 12 is secured to theside of the pieces 3, and se cured thereto, parallel with the member 11,

is a cross-piece 13. Attached to the cross pieces 11 and 13 is aplurality of slats 14:, etc tending longitudinally of the machine.

It will be seen that the effect of the slats 14 and cross-pieces 11 and13 will be to prevent the hay being carried downwardly by the action ofthe elevator apron, or by the force of the wind, which will assist inholding the hay in contact with the apron when blowing toward the rearof the wagon to which the hay is being delivered. It is necessary tohave the braces 7 and 12 projected outwardly from the points of supportthereof, in order to clear the sides of the ele vator apron, and chains4 of said apron.

If desired, the upper braces 7 can be constructed similarly to thebraces 12, and attached to the side-pieces3, similarly to saidlast-named braces. This would become necessary if the device was used inconnection with amachine not provided with the hollow shaft 6.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is:

The combination with the frame of a hayloader and endless elevator apronsupported therein, of a pair of cross-pieces; U-shaped braces connectingsaid cross-pieces with the frame and extending outwardly around theedges of the elevator apron; and a plurality of slats secured to saidcross-pieces, longitudinally of the machine.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY EILERS.

Witnesses:

R. W. E. MITCHELL, W. N. HAsKELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

